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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1930
Page
4
The Cheery Valley column records visits and gatherings across families. Danielle Friederichs, Larson, and Friederich households host and visit in Elgin and Oak Grove, with card parties, quilting, Epworth League activities, and birthday celebrations noted. Easter lilies advertised by Stoehr Drug Store.
Kathleen Corkery of West Union visits home folks over the weekend. Dozens of local residents spend Sundays with relatives across Arlington and Fayette. Verbal updates include trips to Dubuque and Oelwein, church events, school activities, and several family gatherings.
The article traces butter use from ancient Greece and Rome as a hair dressing and cosmetic to Hindu sacrifices and German folk practice, noting 17th century Spain and current nutrition views. It highlights butter as a rich vitamin A source, urging daily use for growth and health, with Sweden’s era xerophthalmia prevention cited and Elgin noted as a trading point.
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